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Everlasting-Grace

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Where in the new testament does it say you circumcise your own heart which is what you've said.

I've shown you quite clearly where a heart is circumcised by God in the new testament, but so far you have yet to show me where you circumcise your own heart, which is what you said.
You have shown where God has circumcised US (made us clean) with the circumcision made without hands

Huge difference
 

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Well obviously the spiritualy dead would hide from the light, not because they want to. But because they probably have a demon. Who hates light keeping a hold on them.
what Bible do you read?

John 3: 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
 

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But you just showed the truth.

Both moral agents with free will.

Men always chose death? How many men commit suicide? How many do everything they can to prolong their life because they do not want to die?

And how many men would want the good news of Jesus if they could be convinced it was true?
I didn't mean suicide. Apart from God's intervention, all men will remain under condemnation. But it is they themselves who fit themselves for destruction.
 

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I didn't mean suicide. Apart from God's intervention, all men will remain under condemnation. But it is they themselves who fit themselves for destruction.
Well this is the job of the HS.

He takes the natural man an convinces them of the gospel truth.

So thy can make a decision to either accept the truth, and be saved, or reject the truth, and remain condemned.
 

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Well this is the job of the HS.

He takes the natural man an convinces them of the gospel truth.

So thy can make a decision to either accept the truth, and be saved, or reject the truth, and remain condemned.
In Ephesians 2:8, which things are not of ourselves: salvation, grace, faith?
 

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Which reminds me of this-the ongoing battle within the believer-


Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Rom 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Rom 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Rom 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Rom 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Rom 7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Rom 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Rom 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Rom 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

I love this "forgotten translation"


Rom 7:7 What then shall we say? That the Torah is considered as chet (sin)? Chas v'shalom! Nevertheless, I would not have experienced chet (sin) except through the Torah; for I would not have known chamdanut (covetousness, greediness) if the Torah had not said, LO TACHMOD ("Thou shalt not covet" SHEMOT 20:17).
Rom 7:8 But Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), stirred up all manner of chamdanut (covetousness) in me. For in the absence of the Torah, Chet (Sin) is dead.
Rom 7:9 And in the absence of the Torah I was once alive. But when the mitzvoh (commandment) came [BERESHIS 2:16-17), Chet (Sin) became alive,
Rom 7:10 and I died. The mitzvoh (commandment) intended as the Derech L'Chayyim (Way to Life) proved for me a means to mavet (death).
Rom 7:11 For Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), deceived me and, through the mitzvoh (commandment), killed me [BERESHIS 3:1-6].
Rom 7:12 So that the Torah is kedoshah (holy) and the mitzvoh (commandment) is kedoshah and yasharah and tovah.
Rom 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become mavet (death) to me? Chas v'shalom! But Chet (Sin), it was Chet, working mavet (death) in me through that which is tovah, in order that Chet might be shown as Chet (Sin), and in order that Chet through the mitzvoh (commandment) might become chata'ah gedolah ad m'od (utterly sinful).
Rom 7:14 For we have da’as that the Torah is Ruchanit (Spiritual, of the Ruach Hakodesh); but I am of the basar (fallen humanity) sold under the power of (slave master Chet Kadmon) Chet.
Rom 7:15 For I do not have da’as what I do. For that which I commit is not what I want; no, it is what I hate that I do!
Rom 7:16 But if that which I do is what I do not want, I agree with the Torah that the Torah is good.
Rom 7:17 But now it is no longer I doing this, but [the power of] Chet (Sin) which dwells within me.
Rom 7:18 For I have da’as that there dwells in me, that is, in my basar (my fallen humanity enslaved to Chet Kadmon) no good thing; for the wish [to do what is right] lies ready at hand for me, but to accomplish the good is not.
Rom 7:19 For I fail to do good as I wish, but HaRah (The Evil) which I do not wish is what I commit.
Rom 7:20 But if what I do not wish is that which I do, it is no longer I doing it but [the power of] Chet (Sin, Chet Kadmon, Original Sin) which dwells within me (cf. Ro 8:7-8).
Rom 7:21 I find then it be a law that for me who wishes to do HaTov (The Good), that for me HaRah (The Evil) lies ready at hand.
Rom 7:22 For I rejoice, I have simcha Torah in the Torah of Hashem, so far as the inner man is concerned,
Rom 7:23 But I see another Chok (decree, law) in my natural capacities at milchamah (war) with the Torah of my mind and making me a prisoner to the Chok (law) of Chet (Sin) which is [a power] in my natural capacities.
Rom 7:24 Wretched man am I! Who will deliver me from the body of this mavet (death)?
Rom 7:25 Hodu l'Hashem (thanks be to G-d) baMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu. So then I myself with my mind serve the Torah of Hashem and with my basar I serve the Chok of Chet (the Law of Sin). [T.N. The total spiritual turnaround here described is when the conviction of the intellect, emotion, and will “obey from the heart the form of doctrine laid out here in Scripture” as we are born anew in the humanity of the new Man and die to the old depraved Adam.]




Now I know many are going to say-"Noooo! This was Paul BEFORE his conversion"-opening another can of worms.
Not me.
 
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what Bible do you read?

John 3: 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
obviously your now trying to justify your walk by
the deeds of evil which is wrong, and at the same time criticizing my walk by the seeds of evil,

And why ? for what purpose do you do this. because you've been corrected ?
Or because you can't accept something.

people are all dead because they are born with a blood that needs atonement.

until there blood is atoned there all capable of evil, even you.

Theres many reasons why people hide from the light. But evil is a sign something is going on with the forces of evil, the spirits of the antichrists that John spoke about, who says many are in the world.

Evil flees Fom the light, and has done through out scripture when Jesus has gone near something evil.

So there for the evil that flees from the light are antiChrists spirits not of this world that John speaks about.


People hide from the light because they don't like correction not because they hate it.

Evil hates the light, so there is a difference
 

Everlasting-Grace

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obviously your now trying to justify your walk by
the deeds of evil which is wrong, and at the same time criticizing my walk by the seeds of evil,

And why ? for what purpose do you do this. because you've been corrected ?
Or because you can't accept something.

people are all dead because they are born with a blood that needs atonement.

until there blood is atoned there all capable of evil, even you.

Theres many reasons why people hide from the light. But evil is a sign something is going on with the forces of evil, the spirits of the antichrists that John spoke about, who says many are in the world.

Evil flees Fom the light, and has done through out scripture when Jesus has gone near something evil.

So there for the evil that flees from the light are antiChrists spirits not of this world that John speaks about.


People hide from the light because they don't like correction not because they hate it.

Evil hates the light, so there is a difference
SMH

I proved you in error. and this is how you respond

dude, your pride is great. Try to humble yourself for once..

I did not try to justify my walk. I attempted, and SUCCEEDED I MAY ADD, to prove to you that what you said (people in the dark do not come to the light because they have a demon)

and that I was write in saying they do not come to the light because they do not want to be exposed (they love their sin)

Anyway,. I am about to put you on ignore.. You have no desire to have an actual conversation with anyone.. and attack people who prove you wrong..
 

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All of them

Can you learn to trust God? Or does God need to prove to you he is faithful and trustworthy?
So faith is produced in us?
We all exercise faith in different things, and of ourselves, we can trust God. And that is a natural ability innate in all people. But the faith that is produced in salvation isn't of human origin.
 
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SMH

I proved you in error. and this is how you respond

dude, your pride is great. Try to humble yourself for once..

I did not try to justify my walk. I attempted, and SUCCEEDED I MAY ADD, to prove to you that what you said (people in the dark do not come to the light because they have a demon)

and that I was write in saying they do not come to the light because they do not want to be exposed (they love their sin)

Anyway,. I am about to put you on ignore.. You have no desire to have an actual conversation with anyone.. and attack people who prove you wrong..
I'm not the one who called water baptism blasphemy, you did, remember.

When it comes to pride I know every single way pride acts, and I know through speaking to Jesus everyday, how the forces of evil do there best to revoke pride. Or how the forces of evil do there best to cause division.

The easiest thing do to do is accuse someone, the wisest thing to do is to hold back, and try to reason before accusing.

Obviously your not doing this right now.

Because now your acting out of pride with your interpretation of scripture, and how you feal grace works.

Quite clearly many brothers, have corrected you.

And all you've done is resort to accusing them, and me

Now your of on another tantrum trying to prove there must be something wrong with us, who don't agree with you.

Well it won't belong before you'll be saying I have to question if your saved.

No doubt you've got your little notebook of self opinionated answers, to no doubt, a collection of the artful Dodgers responses from talking to dead people here.
 

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So faith is produced in us?
We all exercise faith in different things, and of ourselves, we can trust God. And that is a natural ability innate in all people. But the faith that is produced in salvation isn't of human origin.
Did Jesus die on the cross?
Was he raised from the dead?
Did he die because of your sin?
Did he die because there was no other way to save you from your own condemnation?
Did God show to you you are a sinner and worthy of Condemnation?
Did God show you that no amount of work you do will ever save yourself. that apart from his death burial and resurrection. You are doomed?
Did God bring you to your knees in total distress once you realize your situation with God..
Did God spend weeks, maybe months or years. explaining this to you through his word. His people. or His creation?
Did the HS help you to understand all these things in your dead state so you could make an honest open decision to say Yes God, I confess, and cry out to Jesus, Or No God, I will do it on my own.

This is what happened to me and so many other people I know I have lost count.

This is the work of God in my life and their life that brought us to the fork in the road where we were forced to make a decision to trust God. or continue to reject him.

Why do you think this is impossible for this to happen. and where have I ever stated faith comes from Human origin?

I can not produce faith in myself to trust other people. they must prove themselves trustworthy to me..
 

Everlasting-Grace

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I'm not the one who called water baptism blasphemy, you did, remember.
No, I called the belief we must be baptized in water to be saved blasphemy.

so if your going to attack someone, you better get what they said correct..



When it comes to pride I know every single way pride acts, and I know through speaking to Jesus everyday, how the forces of evil do there best to revoke pride. Or how the forces of evil do there best to cause division.
Yet you can;t see your own pride..

The easiest thing do to do is accuse someone, the wisest thing to do is to hold back, and try to reason before accusing.
We;; you just accused me of somethign that was wrong. Practice what you preach much??

I did not accuse you of anything, I PROVED YOU WERE IN ERROR.

Obviously your not doing this right now.
Nor are you. see your first sentence

Because now your acting out of pride with your interpretation of scripture, and how you feal grace works.

Quite clearly many brothers, have corrected you.

And all you've done is resort to accusing them, and me

Now your of on another tantrum trying to prove there must be something wrong with us, who don't agree with you.

Well it won't belong before you'll be saying I have to question if your saved.

No doubt you've got your little notebook of self opinionated answers, to no doubt, a collection of the artful Dodgers responses from talking to dead people here.
Lol. Read your post. who is throwing a tantrum because someone proved them in error?

You are actually making me laugh now. thank you, I needed a good laugh
 
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No, I called the belief we must be baptized in water to be saved blasphemy.

so if your going to attack someone, you better get what they said correct..




Yet you can;t see your own pride..


We;; you just accused me of somethign that was wrong. Practice what you preach much??

I did not accuse you of anything, I PROVED YOU WERE IN ERROR.


Nor are you. see your first sentence



Lol. Read your post. who is throwing a tantrum because someone proved them in error?

You are actually making me laugh now. thank you, I needed a good laugh
you've just called water baptism blasphemy again.
 

Everlasting-Grace

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you've just called water baptism blasphemy again.
Nope

I was baptised in water a year after I was baptized by the HS.

God commanded us to go and make disciples and baptize those new disciples

God never said be baptized in water or you will not be saved, That is replacing the work of the HS in spirit baptism with the work of Man and is called blasphemy.

If your going to keep accusing me of a lie. I will report you! I am sick of people attacking others with things that are not true..
 

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Did Jesus die on the cross?
Was he raised from the dead?
Did he die because of your sin?
Did he die because there was no other way to save you from your own condemnation?
Did God show to you you are a sinner and worthy of Condemnation?
Did God show you that no amount of work you do will ever save yourself. that apart from his death burial and resurrection. You are doomed?
Did God bring you to your knees in total distress once you realize your situation with God..
Did God spend weeks, maybe months or years. explaining this to you through his word. His people. or His creation?
Did the HS help you to understand all these things in your dead state so you could make an honest open decision to say Yes God, I confess, and cry out to Jesus, Or No God, I will do it on my own.

This is what happened to me and so many other people I know I have lost count.

This is the work of God in my life and their life that brought us to the fork in the road where we were forced to make a decision to trust God. or continue to reject him.

Why do you think this is impossible for this to happen. and where have I ever stated faith comes from Human origin?

I can not produce faith in myself to trust other people. they must prove themselves trustworthy to me..
I had a similar experience as you, and I believe elements of all these things are common to salvation. But I don't agree that you were still spiritually dead. The very fact that you were noticing these things and responding to them is the evidence that you were alive spiritually. Otherwise, you would not have responded.
The point about faith I was making was concerning the distinction between a natural faith or ability to believe and a supernatural faith that is produced in us when we are saved. One is exercised by us and made possible by virtue of our natural birth. The other is produced in us and enabled by spiritual birth.
 
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Nope

I was baptised in water a year after I was baptized by the HS.

God commanded us to go and make disciples and baptize those new disciples

God never said be baptized in water or you will not be saved, That is replacing the work of the HS in spirit baptism with the work of Man and is called blasphemy.

If your going to keep accusing me of a lie. I will report you! I am sick of people attacking others with things that are not true..
You called water baptism blasphemy.

And rather than correct it, your fighting it.

So go on, shout, accuse then ignore